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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
557 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 556 PM EDT, A WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTERN DRY ROCKS. THE
WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE VESSELS AND CREATE
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
JOE'S TUG, EASTERN DRY ROCKS, AND KEY WEST SEA BOUY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2452 8191 2456 8183 2447 8171 2441 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 323DEG 1KT 2451 8184
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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